Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Grammar Girl, Grammar Girl's, QDnow, and Quick and Dirty Tips are all trademarks of Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Today's topic is run-on sentences. best toasters grammar Love the tips, very useful thanks http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/run-on-sentences.aspx?commentid=20962#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/run-on-sentences.aspx?commentid=20962#Comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:51:46 GMT Josh grammar Here's another sentence that has two clauses that would be independent if they weren't an object, this time of "because." Again, which is right? Aardvark is confused because this is a tough grammar question and he can't find the answer. or Aardvark is confused because this is a tough grammar question, and he can't find the answer. Here, the meaning, and perhaps a clearer solution is this: Aardvark is confused because this is a hard question and because he can't find the answer. Is the solution just to repeat the because and ignore my question about independent clauses? Thanks again. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/run-on-sentences.aspx?commentid=17494#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/run-on-sentences.aspx?commentid=17494#Comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:25:03 GMT Josh grammar When two independent clauses are linked by a coordinating conjunction but also combine to serve as the direct object in a sentence (I think I have that right), do we treat them as if they stood alone, or do we omit the comma after the coordinating conjunction? For instance, which is correct: Aardvark said that Jack is short and Jill is tall. or Aardvark said that Jack is short, and Jill is tall. The first seems to be missing punctuation, but the second seems to be saying that Aardvark's statement does not include anything about Jill. I encounter this dilemma all the time in my work as an attorney when I refer to parties' arguments (e.g., "Appellee contends... and....") and each time I try to find a rule (typically via the Internet and the Chicago Manual of Style), I can't find anything. Thanks! http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/run-on-sentences.aspx?commentid=17470#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/run-on-sentences.aspx?commentid=17470#Comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:59:12 GMT cherry grammar who discovered run-on sentence? http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/run-on-sentences.aspx?commentid=15271#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/run-on-sentences.aspx?commentid=15271#Comments Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:33:19 GMT Ron grammar Grammar girl thank you so much for the inputs! I loved the simple yet comprehensive discussions on grammar. I learned a lot and still learning more from your topics. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/run-on-sentences.aspx?commentid=12281#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/run-on-sentences.aspx?commentid=12281#Comments Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:12:12 GMT honey grammar Tnank you!I learned a lot from your tips. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/run-on-sentences.aspx?commentid=10594#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/run-on-sentences.aspx?commentid=10594#Comments Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:12:40 GMT Grammar Girl grammar Hmm. I think it depends on how you look at it. All the meanings of "physically" do include a sense of being in the physical world or in direct contact. To me, it does feel as if I'm physically in contact with my PC when I'm using GoToMyPC. It feels as if I'm sitting at my own computer, and somehow I've just plugged the keyboard and mouse in front of me into my computer at home. So I'm physically interacting with my computer as much as I'm ever physically interacting with my computer -- using a keyboard and mouse to manipulate the bits (or whatever it is that makes the computer do what it does). But I can also see the argument that I'm only accessing my computer as opposed to physically interacting with it. I can't whop it when I'm frustrated or wipe dust off the screen. ----- -------- http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/run-on-sentences.aspx?commentid=1060#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/run-on-sentences.aspx?commentid=1060#Comments Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:29:11 GMT Mark P grammar In the podcast version of this episode, in the sponsor comments, you say, "When I discovered Go To My PC, I was suddenly able to travel without any worries because their software lets you physically access your own computer from any remote location." Is this a correct use of physically? I always thought physically denoted something of the material world. My dictionary seems to agree. Saying "logically access" would make more sense. Am I wrong? ----- http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/run-on-sentences.aspx?commentid=1058#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/run-on-sentences.aspx?commentid=1058#Comments Mon, 27 Aug 2007 07:40:02 GMT aardvark grammar Hi Paula, As you know, the word apology can be a singular or plural noun, so aardvark would recommend the following advice: If someone has apologized for one transgression, you would say, " I accept your apology," or "Apology accepted." For those individuals (or creatures) who transgress more than once and want forgiveness with a multi-pronged apology, then I would want a plural use of apology. Squiggley, on occasion, has tracked goo into my den and has eaten small pieces of my geranium. So, when he says, " I am sorry for the mess I left in your den, as well as for the hole I left in your geranium," I would reply, " I accept your apologies." Please accept my apology if this explanation doesn't clarify the issue for you! ----- http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/run-on-sentences.aspx?commentid=1055#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/run-on-sentences.aspx?commentid=1055#Comments Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:33:04 GMT Ana Pereira grammar Dear Grammar girl, I've always said, "apology accepted," never "apologies accepted" especially after someone says, " I apologise for being late," or "I'm late my apologies." Are both correct? Thanks in advance, Paula ----- http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/run-on-sentences.aspx?commentid=1052#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/run-on-sentences.aspx?commentid=1052#Comments Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:04:26 GMT Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:51:46 GMT http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/run-on-sentences.aspx feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Managing Editor) feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Webmaster) en-us